ENG: Old Digaru Mishmi woman with headgear composed of a « phorong » or « kabang » (a forehead silver band) and a « shoa-ool » or « powing aweh » (antique silver coins (here showing a 1947 half rupee Indian coin) attached to a piece of cloth and placed on the back of the head to hold the « phorong »). The Mishmi or Deng people of Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh are an ethnic group comprising mainly three tribes: Idu Mishmi (Idu Lhoba); Digaru Mishmi (Taraon, Darang Deng), and Miju Mishmi (Kaman Deng). The Mishmis occupy the north-eastern tip of the central Arunachal Pradesh/South Tibet in Upper and Lower Dibang Valley, Lohit and Anjaw Districts/Medog County. The Idu Mishmis were the first to come from Burma. They were followed by the ancestors of the Digaru Mishmis a little over 500 years ago. The Mijus were the last to migrate from the Kachin country in Burma. Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh, India

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ENG: Old Digaru Mishmi woman with headgear composed of a « phorong » or « kabang » (a forehead silver band) and a « shoa-ool » or « powing aweh » (antique silver coins (here showing a 1947 half rupee Indian coin) attached to a piece of cloth and placed on the back of the head to hold the « phorong »). The Mishmi or Deng people of Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh are an ethnic group comprising mainly three tribes: Idu Mishmi (Idu Lhoba); Digaru Mishmi (Taraon, Darang Deng), and Miju Mishmi (Kaman Deng). The Mishmis occupy the north-eastern tip of the central Arunachal Pradesh/South Tibet in Upper and Lower Dibang Valley, Lohit and Anjaw Districts/Medog County. The Idu Mishmis were the first to come from Burma. They were followed by the ancestors of the Digaru Mishmis a little over 500 years ago. The Mijus were the last to migrate from the Kachin country in Burma. Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh, India